Standard Triumph Works Directory

Did you work at the Standard or Triumph – at Canley, Radford, Banner Lane, Northey Road, Allesley, Tile Hill, Western Avenue (London), Bordesley Green (Birmingham), Speke (Liverpool), Berkeley Square (London) or any of the associated sites/companies associated with Standard Triumph? If so, we’d love to hear from you to build a database of names associated with the Standard and Triumph company. Read More HERE. You may notice adverts on the site. You can help this site by clicking on them which supports the archive. Thank you.

List of Names (Surnames First)

Submit a name
To add a name, click on the ‘Submit a Name’ link above.
Please add the surname first. Use the format: Smith, John in the name field, then add a description; here you can include a role, location, service dates etc plus any other information you think may be of interest, finishing with your name (you may be submitting on behalf of a family member). Don’t worry how much – or little – you write in the description box – everything helps!
PLEASE NOTE: By using the ‘submit name’ element on the site we DO NOT get any record of you or your email and sometimes we’d love to get in touch with you, but we can’t! Please either drop your email details on the entry (don’t worry we won’t publish that) or a separate email to say ‘hello’.
Thank you.
We’d love you to get involved with this project. You can email us your info to iwas@standardtriumphworks.co.uk or post a name directly on the ‘submit name’ link.


Update:
The archive has now over 3,500 name entries and with 777 articles on the site. During May, 2018 we reached 100,000 website hits.  May 2019 we reached 500,000 website hits. Take a look at the Latest News posts to see the articles.

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Thank you for all the submissions in the database. In addition some people have articles, info, memories and photos. We’ll show everything, that comes in, at some point soon, please bear with us. We still need more… Email your stories today!

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This website was launched February 1, 2017.

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LATEST POSTS

• Rhodesia independence - When in November 1965 when Ian Smith declared Rhodesia independence. It caused a crisis because Rhodesia supplied a large amount of copper and tobacco to Britain.
• The Phillips Trophy Pt1 - The Phillips Trophy was an early works Trophy for team competitions at Standard Triumph.
• Charles Anstey - Charles Anstey who retired last month after 16 years’ with Standard Triumph, was presented a wallet containing Premium Bonds by his workmates in Heat Treatment.
• Margaret Clamp – Engineering Dept. Tracing - A gold wrist-watch was presented to Margaret Clamp by her friends and colleagues in Engineering, Dept., Fletch. North.
• 804 Gang - 804 Gang are shown on this photograph marking the occasion of the last Triumph Herald off the line.
• Chris Edwards – Pollution Chemist - Chris Edwards  (29), an assistant pollution chemist at Fletch North, left Coventry to join Leyland Australia as a chemist.
• My Standard Memories by Alan Evans Pt2 - The Canley and Fletchamstead areas were very busy every working day with thousands of people travelling to work at the Standard or other factories in the area.
• My Standard Memories by Alan Evans Pt1 - I was born in Oldfield Road, Chapelfields in 1942. Many of the men who lived in our road worked at the Standard as it was only a short walk across Hearsall Common to the Canley factory.
• George Parsons – Millwright’s mate - George Parsons (67), a millwright’s mate in Maintenance, Canley, retired after over 11 years’ service.
• Sir John Black – to South America - This picture shows the departure by boat train from Waterloo Station of Sir John Black, Managing Director of The Standard Motor Company Ltd., who sailed recently from Southampton on R.M.S. Alcantara for South America.

 

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